Stanley Cup Playoffs, Night 18

Out of the four Game 2s that took place over the last two days, half went to double-OT. (There were three 2s in that sentence. Five if you coun't the two 2s in "four.") Oh, and another game went to double-OT? But playoff overtime is what hockey fans live and die for. So it's cool. Both of today's games ended 3-2. Read about them here.

Rangers 2, Sabres 1, 2OT
Sabres lead series 2-1
And the double-OT games continue for the third consecutive day. Michal Rozsival may have saved the day for the Rangers to keep them from going down 3-0 in the series, but Henrik Lundqvist was the real hero with 37 saves. Following a scoreless first, Jaromir Jagr opened the scoring of the game with a quick goal just 33 seconds into the middle period. Daniel Briere tied the game for Buffalo on the power play in the middle of period three. Overtime was required for New York to earn their first win of the series in front of a home crowd. Mike Emrick and Eddie Olczyk have the call for NBC HD. By the way, Masi Oka and John McEnroe were in attendance at today's game.

Ducks 3, Canucks 2
Ducks lead series 2-1
The other 3-2 final today. Dustin Penner gave the Ducks the early lead three minutes in. And despite Anaheim giving them oodles of power plays, the Canucks had nothing to show for it. Until the last 48 seconds of the first period when Markus Naslund scored with the man advantage for the first time in the series. Francois Beauchemin gave Anaheim the lead back midway through the second but Daniel Sedin tied it again just minutes later. But in the end it was Corey Perry's power play tally in period three that gave the Ducks the victory and the lead in the series. Dave Strader and Andy Brickley had the call on Versus in HD.

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